New York Philharmonic Historical Data now available online

The New York Philharmonic has launched a new Web site that will allow users to search for historical data about the orchestra. You can read Daniel J. Wakin's article in the New York Times, "Philharmonic Puts Its History by the Numbers Online," here. Thanks to Kirstin Dougan of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for bringing attention to this article by posting about it as well.

Historical recordings released on compact disc

I saw a reference to the New York Times article, "Classical Ghosts, Audible Once Again" by Daniel Wakin in today's Arts and Letters Daily. The article describes the discovery of a large collection of wax cylinders recorded by Julius Block from the dawn of the recording age, over one hundred years ago, and plans to release selections from this collection on compact disc.

Hard Times for Professional Music Organizations

According to Daniel J. Wakin's story, "Bracing for Bad Days, Operas and Orchestras Batten Down Hatches," in today's New York Times, professional music organizations are cutting back in response to our current financial crisis.